Europeans Get Back At Americans With “American Mind Can’t Comprehend” Meme (30 Pics)

Yeah, if someone wants to lear at me, while I'm in a public restroom, through a small gap then they better be prepared to defend themselves.

Its almost like the city was designed for humans

American here. I use 24 hour format at work.

Anybody else instantly bothered by the "11:36 pm" comment? Sure, they're hopefully joking, but no. That's so not the correct time

Hospitals in the USA use this time format and anyone working in one uses it too.

We Americans have no trouble interpreting it. We’ll look right at this clock and promptly conclude “Hey, that clock is broken!”

Any American that has served in the military knows exactly how to comprehend this. Personally, I prefer the 24 hour method. Never any misunderstandings about am vs pm!

Many americans use 24 hour. time. I have for 25+ years.

And the rest of the world does not give a toss about how Americans state the time . Nor rthe date for that matter.

I'm still trying to figure out why pixelshere thought it was 11:36.

Use military all the time in the medical field. 3:44pm. Big deal.

The 24-hr format just makes so much more sense!

umm american here, it is 3:44pm thanks

Please stop it wolverine

The first time I used the 24 hour clock, was at the store I worked at when I was 16. I've used it at most jobs since. We just don't use them in our personal lives.

Yeah, not all of us are stupid. You know who is? People who make assumptions based on where (you had no control over) you were born.

Anyone who was ever in the US military can understand this and is not freaked out by it.

It's military time. I learned it 30 years ago when I did payroll.

Subtract 12 it's not hard. That's 3:44 pm. Most trucking companies use military time. 0200 is 2am. 1400 is 2 in the afternoon.

Vet here, we use this in the Army as de facto standard time keeping. 24hours in a day=24 he clock, sweaty!

American military use this, and it has trickled out to some civilians.

This is too easy

Um - American here. I use 24 hour format all the time. Every digital watch I've owned has been set to it...

It's 3:44 PM, but I also worked in healthcare. Pretty much the only field in the US that knows the metric system too.

American here, I use zulu time. It removes so much confusion about timezones and daylight saving shifts.

I worked in a hospital for years. The military or 24 hr system is ingrained in me.

Yeah, Americans totally won’t be able to comprehend this… unless you work in healthcare or have or are part of the military. That’s a pretty large population of us!

I remember how shocked l was when l once sat next to an American flight attendant. When telling me about the difficulties of being a flight attendant, she said: "you have to learn to understand the 24 hour clock." I didn't even understand what she meant. How could someone older than six not know that?

Military uses 24 hr clock ….so does any place that needs definite / precise time —airlines, trains, bus

Those are two completely different numbers

Where I am, I use both. At the english school I went to they used the 12h format and at the french school it was 24h format. Depends on the language basically.

American here too, career in the Air Force with 24 hour clock, and since I was in communications also with 24 hour clock in GMT (Greenwich Mean Time), after that went to work in hospitals doing patient care, and also on 24 hour clock. Never had a problem knowing what time it was.

Id say since we can understand either format we are superior.

I don't prefer the 24hr clock format, but it's not difficult to read. WTF kind of thread is this? I learned that it was called military clock format, sooooooooooo.....if you're an AMERICAN soldier, you'd know how to read this too. SMH

We used to get a full cooked breakfast on British Airways domestic flights, even on flights on a tiny turboprop that were an hour long. Was soooo much better than the 4 hour drive.

Meh, this one's weak. I learned both the moronic imperial system AND the metric system in my 1990-2000s US education.

Europeans understand tipping. It is used to express gratitude for excellent service. What they can't understand is how employees are not paid a fair wage that is not dependant on the number of customers or their generosity.

Lol, to be fair I’m a Brit and I once ended up on this unexpectedly…I somehow almost reversed into a ride-on lawnmower. So I’ll forgive the Americans not getting this one either 😝

In SA, most (in new houses) open to the outside and are top-hung and not bottom-hung. I feel that is better since they aren't falling back on curtains or blinds

I'm sure some us Americans recycle, I've read somewhere that it is done in some places.

They exist in America. They're just not the same as they once were. The toy is in one half and the food part in the other half

Solar powered clothes dryer

Garlic Aioli

The worst is having parked your bike in the morning while sleepy and not remembering where at the end of the day. I've lost a bike that way, I just gave up and went straight to the police auction place and bought a new one.

I love my bike